"The most common characteristic of all police states is intimidation by surveillance. Citizens know they are being watched and overheard. Their mail is being examined. Their homes can be invaded." ~ Vance Packard

Belgium's Welfare State

"A story like R?gnier's is probably only possible in the south of Belgium , where a man can spend his life in idleness while the taxpayers provide him with enough income to sustain three women and thirty children." It's a freeloader's paradise!